Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most audacious thing about this exhibition is that the British Museum should have countenanced it at all . |
| 2 | ‘ Anna should have said nothing at all . |
| 3 | You should have summoned me at once . ’ |
| 4 | We should have beaten them at their place as well . |
| 5 | You should have phoned me at ten o'clock , I would have picked you up . |
| 6 | You should have phoned us at the Club . ’ |
| 7 | You should have seen her at Neemrana … clinging chiffon or some wet sari … straight out of the worst kind of masala movie … ’ |
| 8 | I should have done it at first ; I could have paid it then . |
| 9 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 10 | Now , we should have left it at that , but we were too drunk to run , whilst the clerks were sober and quick-witted . |
| 11 | ‘ You should have told me at the time ! ’ |
| 12 | I should have told you at the beginning . |
| 13 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 14 | Er I should have reminded everybody at the beginning , when you wish when you start to speak , would you please introduce yourself , give your name and who you represent . |
| 15 | He must have heard her at the door . |
| 16 | Some memory must have stabbed him at that moment . |
| 17 | You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘ |
| 18 | Edna , blind since birth , said : ‘ I must have hit him at least 12 times . |
| 19 | If by staying at Lichfield His Royal Highness had resolved to provide against their reaching Derby , he must have left them at liberty to have got into Wales without any difficulty … |
| 20 | Just a minute — oh , bother , I must have left it at home . |
| 21 | You must have left it at home . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Someone must have known him at Emmanuel , ’ added the Archdeacon . |
| 23 | ‘ They must have told you at school ! ’ |
| 24 | You might have felt nothing at all . |
| 25 | Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against . |
| 26 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 27 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 28 | We might have got her at the ferry . ’ |
| 29 | If all had gone well the husband would have earned very large sums for a long period so that he could have maintained them at least at their standard of living at the time of his death , and made other provisions for the future . |
| 30 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |